.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
.
.TH QUODLIBET 1 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
quodlibet \- audio library manager and player
.
.nr rst2man-indent-level 0
.
.de1 rstReportMargin
\\$1 \\n[an-margin]
level \\n[rst2man-indent-level]
level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
-
\\n[rst2man-indent0]
\\n[rst2man-indent1]
\\n[rst2man-indent2]
..
.de1 INDENT
.\" .rstReportMargin pre:
. RS \\$1
. nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin]
. nr rst2man-indent-level +1
.\" .rstReportMargin post:
..
.de UNINDENT
. RE
.\" indent \\n[an-margin]
.\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
.nr rst2man-indent-level -1
.\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
.in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u
..
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fBquodlibet\fP [ \fB\-\-print\-playing\fP | \fIcontrol\fP ]
\fBexfalso\fP [ \fIdirectory\fP ]
.fi
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
Quod Libet is a music management program. It provides several different
ways to view your audio library, as well as support for Internet radio and
audio feeds. It has extremely flexible metadata tag editing and searching
capabilities.
.sp
This manual page is only a short reference for Quod Libet. Complete
documentation is available at \fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide\fP\&.
.SH OPTIONS
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-enqueue filename|query
Enqueue a filename or query results
.TP
.B \-\-filter tag=value
Filter on a tag value
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-focus
Focus the running player
.TP
.B \-\-hide\-window
Hide main window
.TP
.B \-\-next
Jump to next song
.TP
.B \-\-list\-browsers
List available browsers
.TP
.BI \-\-open\-browser\fB= BrowserName
Open a new browser
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-order=inorder|shuffle|weighted|onesong|toggle
Set or toggle the playback order
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-pause
Pause playback
.TP
.B \-\-play
Start playback
.TP
.BI \-\-play\-file\fB= filename
Play a file
.TP
.B \-\-play\-pause
Toggle play/pause mode
.TP
.B \-\-previous
Jump to previous song or restart if near the beginning
.TP
.B \-\-force\-previous
Jump to previous song
.TP
.B \-\-print\-playlist
Print the current playlist
.TP
.B \-\-print\-queue
Print the contents of the queue
.TP
.B \-\-print\-playing
Print out information about the currently playing song. You may
provide in a string like the kind described in the RENAMING FILES
section below.
.TP
.BI \-\-query\fB= search\-string
Search your audio library
.TP
.B \-\-run
Start Quod Libet if it isn\(aqt running
.TP
.B \-\-quit
Exit Quod Libet
.TP
.BI \-\-random\fB= tag
Filter on a random value
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-repeat=off|on|t
Turn repeat off, on, or toggle
.TP
.B \-\-seek=[+|\-][HH:]MM:SS
Seek within the playing song
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.BI \-\-set\-browser\fB= BrowserName
Set the current browser
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-set\-rating=0.0..1.0
Rate the playing song
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-show\-window
Hide main window
.TP
.B \-\-start\-playing
Begin playing immediately
.TP
.B \-\-status
Print playing status
.TP
.B \-\-toggle\-window
Toggle main window visibility
.TP
.B \-\-unfilter
Remove active browser filters
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-unqueue=filename|query
Unqueue a file or query
.TP
.B \-\-volume=(+|\-|)0..100
Set the volume
.UNINDENT
.SH ALBUM COVERS
.sp
Album covers should be put in the same directory as the songs they apply
to, and have "folder", "front", or "cover" in their filenames. If you want
to store multiple albums in the same directory but keep distinct cover
images, the name of the appropriate image file must contain the labelid tag
value, e.g. COCX\-32760 cover.jpg.
.SH TIED TAGS
.sp
Many places in Quod Libet allow you to use "tied tags". Tied tags are two
tag names joined together with a "~" like "title~version" or "album~part".
Tied tags result in "nice" displays even when one of the tags is missing;
for example, "title~version" will result in Title \- Version when a version
tag is present, but only Title when one isn\(aqt. You can tie any number of
tags together.
.SH SEARCH SYNTAX
.sp
All of Quod  Libet\(aqs search boxes support advanced searches of the
following forms:
.sp

.nf
tag = value
tag = !value
tag = "value"
tag = /value/
tag = &(value1, value2)
tag = |(value1, value2)
!tag = value
|(tag1 = value1, tag2 = value2)
&(tag1 = value1, tag2 = value2)
#(numerictag < value)
#(numerictag = value)
#(numerictag > value)
.fi
.sp
.sp

.sp
The \(aqc\(aq postfix on strings or regular expressions makes the  search
case\-sensitive. Numeric values may be given as integers, floating\-point
numbers, MM:SS format, or simple English, e.g. "3 days", "2 hours".
.sp
See \fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide_Searching\fP\&.
.sp
All internal tags begin with a ~ character. Non\-numeric internal tags are
~base‐ name, ~dirname, ~filename, ~format, ~length, ~people, and ~rating.
Numeric internal tags are ~#added, ~#bitrate, ~#disc, ~#lastplayed,
~#laststarted, ~#length, ~#mtime, ~#playcount, ~#skipcount, and ~#track.
.sp
See \fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide_InternalTags\fP\&.
.SH RENAMING FILES
.sp
Quod Libet allows you to rename files based on their tags. In some cases
you may wish to alter the filename depending on whether some tags are
present or missing, in addition to their values. A common pattern might be
.sp
\fB<tracknumber>. <title~version>\fP
.sp
You can use a \(aq|\(aq to only text when a tag is present:
.sp
\fB<tracknumber|<tracknumber>. ><title~version>\fP
.sp
You can also specify literal text to use if the tag is missing by adding another \(aq|\(aq:
.sp
\fB<album|<album>|No Album> \- <title>\fP
.sp
See \fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide_Renaming\fP\&.
.SH AUDIO BACKENDS
.sp
Quod Libet uses GStreamer for audio playback. It tries to read your GConf
GStreamer configuration, but if that fails it falls back to osssink. You can
change the pipeline option in ~/.quodlibet/config to use a different sink, or
pass options to the sink. For example, you might use esdsink or alsasink
device=hw:1.
.sp
See \fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide_AudioBackends\fP\&.
.SH FILES
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B ~/.quodlibet/songs
A pickled Python dict of cached metadata. Deleting this file will remove all
songs from your library.
.TP
.B ~/.quodlibet/config
Quod Libet\(aqs configuration file. This file is overwritten when Quod Libet
exits.
.TP
.B ~/.quodlibet/current
A "key=value" file containing information about the currently playing song.
.TP
.B ~/.quodlibet/control
A FIFO connected to the most\-recently\-started instance of the program.
\-\-next, \-\-previous, etc., use this to control the player.
.TP
.B ~/.quodlibet/plugins/
Put plugins (from \fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide_Plugins\fP)
here.
.TP
.B ~/.quodlibet/browsers/
Put custom library browsers here.
.UNINDENT
.sp
See \fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide_Extending\fP\&.
.SH BUGS
.sp
See \fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/list\fP for a list of all
currently open bugs and feature requests.
.SH AUTHORS
.sp
Joe Wreschnig and Michael Urman are the primary authors of Quod Libet.
.SH SEE ALSO
.nf
\fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide\fP,
\fI\%http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/FAQ\fP,
\fBregex\fP(7), \fBgst\-launch\fP(1)
.fi
.sp
.\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
.
